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Enrollment
965
Middle
DISTRICT 802 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALDINE ISD·NCES 480771000070
Hambrick Middle School
4600 ALDINE MAIL RT, HOUSTON, TX 77039 · (281) 985-6570 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL965 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
74 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
861 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 308 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 334 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 323 | 33% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 25.0% | 26.0% | 36.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 10.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hambrick Middle School
Hambrick Middle School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hambrick Middle School this school | 965 | 89.2% | 32.3% |
| Stovall Middle School HOUSTON | 1,039 | 91.0% | 23.6% |
| W E Greiner Exploratory Arts Academy DALLAS | 1,116 | 90.9% | 42.8% |
| Grantham Academy HOUSTON | 1,006 | 87.5% | 28.4% |
| Galena Park Middle School GALENA PARK | 896 | 87.6% | 46.6% |
| Mead Middle School HOUSTON | 910 | 87.9% | 27.4% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hambrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,305 of 1,635 | #171 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #988 of 1,670 ▲ 84 | #134 of 219 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,546 of 1,670 ▼ 81 | #206 of 219 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #603 of 1,570 | #93 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 965 | #318 of 1,749 | #82 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #342 of 1,542 | #44 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.4% | #1,321 of 1,543 | #189 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #272 of 1,648 | #73 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.9% | #601 of 942 | #103 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
965
-172 (-15%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 1,243
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 965 | 74.3 | 13.0:1 | 89% (861) |
| 2023-24 | 939 | 76.7 | 12.3:1 | 94% (883) |
| 2022-23 | 1,021 | 63.2 | 16.1:1 | 93% (948) |
| 2020-21 | 1,137 | 76 | 15.0:1 | 94% (1,069) |
| 2017-18 | 1,083 | 65.6 | 16.5:1 | 92% (995) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 67 | 15.8:1 | 92% (975) |
| 2010-11 | 935 | 60 | 15.6:1 | 86% (801) |
| 2000-01 | 1,029 | 67 | 15.4:1 | 80% (821) |
| 1990-91 | 1,243 | 64 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hambrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (1,083 to 965); teachers up 13% (65.6 to 74.3).
About Hambrick Middle School
Hambrick Middle School is a large middle school that serves part of HOUSTON, Texas. Federal data show 965 students enrolled in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. Across middle schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 643.
Hambrick Middle School sits within ALDINE ISD, which has 76 schools and 56,419 students.
Hambrick Middle School is 91% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 7% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Harris County's population at about 44%. The diversity index for Hambrick Middle School is 17%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 74.3 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.0:1. Compared with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 89%. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Test results at Hambrick Middle School are 3.3 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (32.3% actual, 35.6% predicted).
Census data for Harris County show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Counting Hambrick Middle School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Two Dimensions/Vickery sits about 0.2 miles from Hambrick Middle School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 32.3% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 7 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
The school's student count decreased 15% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. By 2024-25, the school had 13.0 students per teacher, compared with 15.0 in 2020-21.
The discussion board for Hambrick Middle School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALDINE ISD
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 3,501 students
- Davis H S AldineHigh · 3,184 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,651 students
- Aldine High SchoolHigh · 2,481 students
- Eisenhower High SchoolHigh · 2,262 students
- Blanson CTE High SchoolHigh · 1,258 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Two Dimensions/Vickery0.2 mi · 203
- Macarthur High School0.2 mi · 3,501
- Oleson Elementary School0.2 mi · 411
- Orange Grove Elementary School0.8 mi · 516
- Vardeman Ec/PK/K1.0 mi · 624
- Escamilla Elementary School1.0 mi · 809
Frequently asked questions
About Hambrick Middle SchoolHow many students attend Hambrick Middle School?
Hambrick Middle School enrolls approximately 965 students in grades 06-08.
Is Hambrick Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hambrick Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hambrick Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hambrick Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (74 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hambrick Middle School?
Student demographics at Hambrick Middle School are roughly 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Hambrick Middle School in?
Hambrick Middle School is part of ALDINE ISD.
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